Brickbat: The Fugitive


Emma Caresimo opened the door of her home in South Wales and found her car had been booted by a bailiff from Wigan, England, who said she had to pay a fine for dropping a cigarette butt on the street in Wigan and not showing up for trial. She says she paid the fine to keep car from being towed. Then she called officials in Wigan, which she has never been to, to find out what happened. She said a woman named Emma Smith, from Liverpool, had littered. Caresimo's maiden name was Smith, so that seemed to be more than enough to seize her car.
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I assume they had the address of the right Smith on the ticket..Maybe they needed a 'Smith' that owned a car? Brits be crazy..
If you can't do the time don't have a name similar to the one that did the crime. Authorities can't be expected to do their jobs simply because you're too careless not to be mixed up with someone else.
I think they just put a list of names on a dart board and quaff a few pints.The 'winner' gets to collect.
That's one way of reducing the number of Smiths in the world.
If her name was Smith-Wesson she'd really be in trouble.
I blame Big Tobacco.
She is clearly a victim of secondhand towing.
Claw clap
Do you see what happens when you toss a fag out the window? This is what happens.
+1 Big gay Al approves this message.
Understandable to think she welshed on this debt.
That Scot to be the worst pun ever.
Irish you would stop.
Well, there are only so many peoples of the isles, so thes epuns are bound to get rather Cornish.
Let's Man up and stop this silliness.
nice post thanks admin